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Get people into the woods
Regular county forays, seasonal outings, and specialty events give people a reason to get outside and see what is actually fruiting.
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ABOUT AMS A statewide community built around fungi.The Alabama Mushroom Society brings people together to explore, identify, document, understand, and enjoy the extraordinary fungi growing across our state. OUR MISSION Learn more. Look closer. Share what we find.AMS exists to help people understand mushrooms: how to identify them, how they fit into the world around us, how people use them, and why they are worth paying attention to. We also work to advance knowledge of Alabama fungi. That means documenting what grows here, supporting collections and research, connecting people with good information, and giving curious beginners a place to become experienced mushroom people. And we try to have a good time doing it. WHAT WE DO Most of it starts with people paying attention together.
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Help people learnIdentification, field skills, workshops, demonstrations, lectures, and countless questions asked over baskets full of mushrooms. Explore mushroom resources →
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Document Alabama fungiObservations, collections, DNA sequencing, herbarium specimens, and partnerships help build a better record of the fungi that occur here. See the Fungal Diversity Project →
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Build a mushroom communityAMS gives beginners, experienced identifiers, foragers, photographers, researchers, and generally curious people somewhere to find one another. Explore membership →HOW AMS WORKS This is a volunteer-run society.Events, education, identification, administration, collections, outreach, and new local activity all happen because members decide to take part. Leadership matters, but AMS works best when the work is shared. 
CITIZEN SCIENCE Finding a mushroom can become a scientific record.Alabama still has enormous fungal diversity left to document. AMS members have helped collect, photograph, preserve, sequence, and place specimens into university herbaria where they can contribute to future research. You do not have to begin as a taxonomist to contribute. Good observations and careful collections are skills that can be learned. Explore our science workORGANIZATION & GOVERNANCE Looking for the official stuff?Policies and organizational documents should be easy to find without getting in the way of the rest of the site. THERE'S ROOM TO TAKE PART Come find your place in it.Attend a foray. Ask questions. Become a member. Share something you know. Volunteer for one small job. AMS grows when curious people keep showing up. |